Improved rustic settee



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WILLIAM P. UHLING'ER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

` Letters Patent No. 94,928, dated September 14, 1869.

IMPROVED ITUSTIC SETTEE.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM I. UHLINGER, of

Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and Statewalks, piazzas, and other appropriate places; and con-` sist-s, mainly, in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, whereby the slats forming the back and seatof the settee are` made removable l,from the cast-iron supporting standards, subserving,`in this way, important purposes of economy and convenience in transportation and storage.

The-letter b, of the drawings, designates a slat of woodor other suitable material, used to form the seat and back of my settee, .the same being secured at the ends to cast-iron standards by devices' hereinafter described. 4

a, represents the cast-iron standard, of any suitable desigin'having its upper `edge a. curved, to giveIsuch shape as may be desiredto the backl andseat of the settee. y

lThe slats b are attached to tbe bar a by the screws y g, passing into and through notches formed in the'lugs f, cast onthe outer sideoi' the bar a', as shown.

Or the slats maybe attached by insertinginto slanting apertures bored therein, -the lpins c cast on the bar a', ami slanting outward.

In order to render either attachment secure, and to brace np firmly the standards (t, the locking-eccentric l is employed.

rlhis eccentric l turns about the head of the screw '71, fastened into the slat b. This eccentric has in its outer surface two grooves, one at right angles to the other, which are used as purchases in turning` the same, b v means of a screw-driver-or other suitable implement.

When the f'ull side of-the eccentric lis brought The Schedule` referred to` in these Letters Patent and makingV part ofthe same. Y

against the bar a', the lugs f are forced against the screws g tightly, thus securing and bracing the attachment. 0r, in the other modification, the pressure of the full side of the eccentricl forces the pins e y tightly into their slanting receptacles, thus in a similar manner securing and bracing the attachment.

Generally, three eccentric blocks are used for each standard, onebeing placed under one ofthe front slats of the seat and attached thereto, a second to, one off t the slats near the lower part of the back, and the third to a slat near the top 'of the back.

y It is apparent that when it is desired to take the .settee apart, the simple turning of the-eccentric l will cause the'connecting-devices to become loose and easily separated.

Sometimes, instead ofthe eccentric lock, aeshort brace, c, may be used, abut-ting against the bara, and

against a shoulder formed in the slot, as shown at m, and held in place by means ot' the screw d. This modification of the locking-device is made removable by means of the screw For ordinary use, I prefer the eccentric l, first described.

,What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure y by Letters Patent, is

l. The eccentric 'lock l, when arranged to operate with refe-rence to the slant-ing pins e, sulistantially as and for the purposes specilied.

2. The eccentric lockvl, when arranged to operate with reference to the lugs f and screws y, substantially as and for thc purposes described.

3. y lhe brace-lock c, whenarranged to operate with the slanting pine, substantially as and for the purposes specilied.

.4. The brace-lock c, when arranged to operate with the lugs f and screws y, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. Y v

5.' "Iu combination with the rustic settee herein described, the slanting pin e, aml the moditicationsf and g, `constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

In testmon y that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence oi' two witnesses.

-` W. P. UHLINGER.

- lVit-nesses:

SAML. M. THATeHEu, E. W. ANDERSON. 

